cataphoresis

[ kat-uh-fuh-ree-sis ]

noun
  1. Medicine/Medical. the causing of medicinal substances to pass through or into living tissues in the direction of flow of a positive electric current.

  2. Physical Chemistry. electrophoresis.

Origin of cataphoresis

1
1885–90; <New Latin, equivalent to cata-cata- + New Greek phórēsis a being borne, equivalent to phorē- (variant stem of phérein to bear1, carry) + -sis-sis

Other words from cataphoresis

  • cat·a·pho·ret·ic [kat-uh-fuh-ret-ik], /ˌkæt ə fəˈrɛt ɪk/, adjective
  • cat·a·pho·ret·i·cal·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for cataphoresis

cataphoresis

/ (ˌkætəfəˈriːsɪs) /


noun
  1. another name for electrophoresis

Derived forms of cataphoresis

  • cataphoretic (ˌkætəfəˈrɛtɪk), adjective
  • cataphoretically, adverb

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